authorities say firefighters have gained the upper hand on a fire that tore through a mountainous area north of athens. what you ll hear next is the voice of the bbc s victoria craig, in athens, on the scale of the impact. they have recorded winds of up to 80 kilometres. 0ne they have recorded winds of up to 80 kilometres. one man has died, apparently from our gunshot wounds becoming infected. 0thers apparently from our gunshot wounds becoming infected. others have gone to the hospital for smoke becoming infected. others have gone to the hospitalfor smoke inhalation anotherfive to the hospitalfor smoke inhalation another five related to the hospitalfor smoke inhalation anotherfive related incidents backfire related incidents. nearly 500 firefighters, volunteers and residents fought to save homes. sadly, not everyone was so lucky. my house is being burned right now, the firefighters have already done what they could do, we gave them the keys to open and to go inside the house and c
as the storm swept through. trucks and cars were stuck on highways. over 4000 people were stranded across the country. and this was istanbul s main airport, one of europe s busiest. crew had to push a passenger bus that got stuck in snow. the airport was shut for for over 24 hours. istanbul is a city of 16 million people. many of them are now forbidden from driving their cars. snow here and across turkey has been falling for the past week and have reached the southern beaches of antalya. so, that s turkey. and this is the greek capital, athens. it, too, was paralysed because of snow. parliament was suspended and schools shut down. this drone footage shows cars abandoned in the snow. thousands had to be rescued on this stretch of motorway. many had to take shelter in the city s airport. and this was the greek island skopelos in the aegean sea. snowfall and waterspouts are both rare here. karolina tagaris is a journalist for reuters in athens.
russia drops enterds the city. protests have been erupting around the world condemning russia s attack on ukraine. thousands in tblisi, georgia, rallied saturday. in 2008, georgia suffered its own invasion by russia. protesters gathered in brussels on saturday. some held up signs calling russian president vladimir putin a terrorist. belgium says it will deploy 300 troops to romania as part of nato s effort to strengthen its eastern flank. ukrainians in greece took their protests to the russian embassy in athens saturday. some holding up signs saying russian terrorists, get out of ukraine. cities across the u.s. have come out in force to show support for the people of ukraine. times square rally caulk on western nations to provide more help for ukraine in its fight against russia. many in the sporting world are condemning the russian invasion of ukraine, especially in
yes, eleni giokos in athens, thanks so much. south africa has been rolling out plans to start with pfizer booster shots. unexpert says evidence suggests this new strain spreads more easily, but new infections are on the rise so is vaccine head attention. cnn s larry madowo has more. reporter: a procession to drive through soweto. no, it s not a funeral. they re just trying to scare people into getting vaccinated. even death will not convince some south africans to get a covid-19 vaccine. i think the government is trying to control us by using the vaccine. reporter: the south african government said it has enough vaccines, but vaccine hesitancy is that can be bottling up has spilled into the open. the young people, we won t take it, unless we have more information. reporter: as south africa
attitudes have hardened and that is reflected in the pushbacks, the fences that we have seen going up. it is hard to see anywhere right now a coherent political vision to tackle this problem. pope francis is celebrasting mass at the megaron concert hall in athens. as fergal was saying, as we see the pope celebrating mass, the first part of his trip was about migration. this part is about religion and in particularfor the pope this about reconciliation between the catholic church he leads and the orthodox church, the main denomination in the two countries he has been visiting, cyprus and greece. that reconciliation has been going on since the 1960s following a